Naomi's Family Day Care

22/03/2026

These photos show meaningful, play-based learning at Naomi’s Family Day Care, where children are developing key skills through hands-on experiences.
By creating and tracing their names, children are building early literacy, letter recognition, and a sense of identity, while strengthening fine motor skills. The counting and matching activities support early numeracy, helping children understand numbers, quantities, and problem-solving.
Creative and sensory play encourages imagination, self-expression, and coordination. Across all experiences, children are growing in confidence, independence, and social skills in a supportive and engaging environment.

22/03/2026

30/01/2026

What a beautiful example of creativity and independence! 🌊✨
This stunning artwork was completely imagined and created by an 8-year-old homeschooler, bringing her own ideas to life from start to finish. From painting the ocean, sand and grassy hills, to carefully placing the cotton clouds in the sky, every detail reflects her imagination at work. She thoughtfully added a mermaid, coloured her tail bright yellow, and decorated the scene with flowers and hearts to make it uniquely hers.
Creating art like this encourages confidence, problem-solving and creative thinking. She planned her layout, experimented with materials, and made her own design choices — all wonderful skills that homeschooling nurtures so beautifully. It’s so special to see a child express her ideas so freely and proudly through art. What a magical masterpiece! 🧜‍♀️💛🎨

26/01/2026

At Naomi’s Family Day Care, we spend most of our days outside enjoying the sunshine, fresh air and freedom to play 🌞🌳 Our outdoor space is where children run, explore, create, imagine and learn through hands-on, nature-based play. From water play and messy fun to quiet moments in the shade, the outdoors is our happy place 💦🎨
Even our quiet and rest times are often enjoyed outside, where children relax on the trampoline or cosy mats while listening to calming audio stories 🎧📖 This gentle outdoor rest time helps children unwind, regulate their emotions and recharge their bodies and minds 😌💚
Spending so much time outdoors supports children’s physical health by building strength, coordination and confidence, while also boosting immunity 🤸‍♀️💪 Just as importantly, fresh air and nature have incredible benefits for mental health—helping children feel calm, happy and connected 🌿🧠✨
We truly believe that outdoor play and outdoor rest nurture resilient, joyful and confident children who feel safe, grounded and free to be themselves 🌈🌸

23/01/2026

Happy Australia Day for Monday from Naomi's Family Day Care 😘⛱️🐬🌊🤩😎🫶

22/01/2026

🌈 Naomi’s Family Day Care 🌈
✨ Vacancies Available ✨
🗓 1 vacancy available on a Thursday
🎒 1 Pre-Primary vacancy available on a Friday
📩 Enquire now for more information!

16/01/2026

🐝 Family Day Care services are often perceived as safer than large child care centres because of how they are structured and how care is delivered day to day. While both must meet national safety and quality standards, FDC has several built-in features that naturally reduce risk—especially for young children.
Here’s a clear, balanced explanation....🐝

🌸 1. Smaller Group Sizes = Less Risk

Family Day Care typically has:
Maximum 4 children under school age
Up to 7 children total, including school-aged children
Smaller groups mean:
Constant supervision
Fewer accidents
Less overstimulation and stress
Faster response if something goes wrong
In centres, educators may supervise 10–30 children at once, increasing the chance of incidents being missed.

🪷 2. One Consistent Educator

Children in FDC:
Build a strong attachment with one main educator
Feel emotionally secure and understood
Have their routines, allergies, and behaviours deeply known
This consistency greatly reduces:
Behavioural incidents
Anxiety-related issues
Safety oversights
Centres often have shift changes, staff turnover, and relief educators, which can impact consistency.

🍀 3. Home-Based Environment

Family Day Care operates in:
A real home environment
Familiar layouts and predictable routines
Benefits include:
Fewer hazards than busy centre rooms
Calmer spaces with less noise and movement
Better sleep and emotional regulation
Large centres can be overwhelming and fast-paced, increasing accidents and stress-related behaviours.

🌼 4. Closer Supervision at All Times

Because of the small numbers:
Children are rarely out of sight
Nappy changes, meals, play, and rest are closely monitored
Outdoor play is easier to supervise effectively
In centres, supervision is shared across large rooms and yards, increasing risk during transitions.

🌻 5. Lower Illness Transmission

With fewer children:
Less exposure to germs
Fewer illness outbreaks
Reduced need for constant staff substitutions
This is particularly important for babies and toddlers with developing immune systems.

🪻6. Educators Are Highly Accountable

Family Day Care educators:
Are self-employed professionals
Are regularly visited and audited by their FDC scheme
Must meet the same National Quality Framework (NQF) requirements as centres
Because it’s their home and livelihood, standards are often extremely high.

🌿 7. Individualised Safety Practices

In FDC, safety plans are tailored to:
Each child’s developmental stage
Individual medical and dietary needs
Family preferences and routines
This level of individualisation is harder to maintain in large group settings.
Important Balance

✔️ Both Family Day Care and Centres are regulated and can be safe ✔️ The key difference is scale, consistency, and supervision
For families seeking:
Calm, predictable care
Strong educator relationships
Lower illness exposure
Enhanced supervision
👉 Family Day Care is often the safer, more nurturing option—especially for younger children.

06/01/2026

Candle making is a rich learning experience that supports many areas of children’s development. Through pouring, sprinkling, and decorating, children can strengthen fine motor skills and hand–eye coordination. Exploring the wax and decorations encourages sensory learning and curiosity about different textures and materials.
This activity promotes creativity and imagination, as children make choices about colours and designs, while also supporting language development through conversations about what they are creating. Children can learn important social skills such as turn-taking, patience, and following steps, building confidence and a sense of achievement as they create something meaningful to take home 🤩

18/12/2025

Naomi’s Family Day Care has had a wonderful and exciting build-up to Christmas this year! The children enjoyed making gingerbread men, Christmas cupcakes, Christmas tree decorations, and special gifts for their families!

We wish all our families a wonderful Christmas and a joyful New Year! 🎄✨🎉

27/11/2025

This week, the children have been supported in exploring their ABC phonic songs in a movement-filled way. Children’s brains learn best when their bodies are engaged, and it has been wonderful to see how naturally the learning flows when music, movement, and fun are combined.

Out on the swings, the children sang their favourite ABC phonic songs with confidence and enthusiasm. As they swung back and forth, their bodies were in rhythm and their minds were soaking in the phonics—an amazing combination for deep learning. I strongly believe that when phonics are embedded early, writing becomes a much more natural process later on. When children know the sounds the letters make, forming words becomes far easier and more meaningful when they begin to write.

Later in the day, the children continued their learning outdoors, sitting together on the sunny grass with their paints. Inspired by a child's interest in flowers this week, they each created their own beautiful flower paintings. While painting, they happily continued singing their ABC phonic songs, blending creativity, literacy, and exploration seamlessly.

It was a beautiful moment of holistic learning—minds, bodies, and voices working together. The children showed curiosity, joy, and growing confidence in their developing phonics knowledge, all while expressing themselves through art and following their own interests.

03/10/2025

Over the last fortnight, the children have been fully embracing the outdoors and imaginative play. They have delighted in picking bowlfuls of mulberries from the trees, enjoying the sense of independence and connection to nature. The children also had fun chasing and catching bubbles, laughing together as they floated through the air. The outside tee p*e tent has become a cozy and relaxing space, where they enjoyed playing Barbies and sharing stories. Their sensory play has also extended into a wonderful underwater theme, where they decorated a beach and sea environment filled with sea creatures, turtles, and other ocean animals. This variety of experiences encouraged creativity, sensory exploration, and lots of cooperative play, while giving the children opportunities to slow down, connect, and enjoy their natural surroundings.

03/10/2025

The children wrapped up their fortnight of All About Tropical Countries with a fun and creative activity exploring tropical sea life. Everyone worked on making bright, colourful tropical fish while revisiting some of the facts they had learned about Fiji. The toddlers delighted in getting gooey and sticky as they glued vibrant tissue paper onto their fish, strengthening their sensory exploration and creativity. The older children engaged their fine motor skills by folding glittery paper into fans and carefully creating fish to hot glue onto a canvas. They added finishing touches with bubbles and seaweed, turning their canvas into a lively underwater scene.

This experience allowed the children to consolidate their learning about tropical countries, express themselves through art, and practice age-appropriate developmental skills in a fun and meaningful way.